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By TONY SANTORI ad
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On Saturday the Crimson Tide pu
from the University of Alabama to
gave the USC Gamecocks a les- ow
son in how to play defensive ba
football SEC style. 33
Sparky Woods' team could do str
little with the football against the rui
top-defensive team in the nation Wi
as 'Bama rolled over USC, 48-7. yai
South Carolina would find little
sympathy from the 9th-ranked sic
Tide who were celebrating Wi
Homecoming on the misty, cool Te
afternoon. att
Alabama struck early and de
often, running out to a 21-0 lead rec
in the first ten minutes and never lin<
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Uncharacteristically, Coach Gene tai
Stallings' squad came out looking twi
for the big play early, catching on
the Gamecocks off balance.
On their first possesion of the oui
contest, the Crimson Tide drove . 1
87 yards in one minute and 20 ins
seconds. The five-play drive was at
highlighed by a 39-yard reverse mc
by the explosive sophomore Ma
receiver David Palmer, who car- thii
ried to the South Carolina oneyard
line* From the one, running- fol
back David Lassie carried over tw(
the right side of the line for the Al;
score and 'Bama led 7-0. pla
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Cross Country
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By JILL BUEHLMAN "
Staff Writer B>
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The USC men's and women's ?cross
country teams dominated the ^
^ CitadeU feitational at Charles ^
Towne Landing in Charleston
Saturday. ^
The men's team finished the ex?
race in first place with 25 points La]
and the women's team led the race
with a 30-point victory.
The Gamecocks outdistanced th?
second-place Duke after placing
six runners in the top ten. ^
Tom Cronin led the Gamecocks ^
with his third-place finish and ^
25:56 time in the five-mile race. I
Right behind Cronin, teammates {^e
Keith Gorski, Chad Lawrence, CQr
Mark Cruz, Eddie Clarke, and
Jared Haag earned fourth, fifth, at {
sixth, seventh and ninth places j
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claimed victory over the 11-team
field. Leading USC was fourthplace
winner Danielle Adams. ^
Next to Adams was fifth-placed p
Tracey Capper, sixth-placed
Marielle Bertrand, seventh-placed ^ac
Sue McGhie, and eighth- placed
Sara Singletary. The top runners ^
for the Lady Gamecocks stayed
together the entire race, proving to
be a key in USC's success.
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vantage of it," Woods said of
i opening drive.
Following an exchange of
nts, South Carolina was forced
kick again from deep in their
m territory, h'almer returned the
11 24 yards to the Gamecock
-yard line. From there the Tide
uck paydirt in three plays with
aningback "Paint" Sherman
illiams covering the final 14
rds on the ground.
On Carolina's ensuing possein,
starting quarterback Blake
illiamson and runningback
rry Wilburn botched an
empted handoff and 'Bama
fensive end Bryan Thornton
:overed at the Carolina 14-yard
e.
It took Alabama only two plays
capitalize on the miscue as
Iback Chris Anderson carried
ice, scoring from six yards out
his second attempt.
'We assisted them some...witb
r fumbles," Woods said.
Freshman Steve Taneyhill was
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irty Simpson punted for the
rd time.
As the second quarter began
lowing three more punts and
) turnovers by the two teams,
abama drove 66 yards in 5
ys for their fourth TD.
Quarterback Jay Barker con- (
:ted with split end Curtis
)wn for 25 yards to the South '
rolina end zone. The touch/lagic
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Redshirt freshman Blake William
pletion for 13 yards on Saturday a
lown left 'Bama ahead, 28-0,
vith almost 13 minutes left in the
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issists and grabbed five rebounds.
fohnson led the Western
Conference to a 153-113 victory
3ver the Eastern Conference and
was named MVP of the game.
But the real test came in August
when he played in the Summer
Dlympics with the "Dream
ream". Magic played as if he had
lot missed a game. His skills
showed no signs of deteriation.
fohnson's return to the Lakers
>hould put them back in contention
'or the NBA title. The Lakers barey
made the playoffs last year withiut
him, and were eliminated in
he first round.
Magic's return will fill the gap
eft by Larry Bird. Bird's retirenent
this summer ends the greatest
jra in basketball history. The
vlagic-Bird era is over, but Magic
s prepared to pick up where he left
iff.
Magic is the highest-paid player
tow, but in the crazy world of
tigh-priced salaries in professional
ports it will probably only be a
veek before someone else will
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nore excitement in the NBA, and
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mm sive drive of the half.
The Altoona, Pa., native comy
pleted 5 of 7 passes on the drive
which included USC's first three
UV 1st downs on the day.
The march ended with a sack
of Tanneyhill on a 4th and 6
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pP^PP with only six seconds left in the
B In the first half, the Crimson
Rj^PJF yards while ammassing 298
themselves. Included were 17
first downs for Alabama comILj
pared to three for USC.
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Carolina managed to move the
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had 7 attempts with 1 com- yard gain down to the Alabama
gainst Alabama. . 2-yard line on the final play of
the third quarter. On the next
again stilled by .he Crimson lide s usc fumbled and .Bama
defense and kicked .he ball away recovered. B?t a Hag for offsides
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By NANCY SALOMONSKY freshman scrum' half from
Sports Editor Maryland, were also key players
After two intense 40-minute for South Carolina,
halves the USC Rugby team lost in "They both played a really smart
overtime to Clemson Saturday, 12- game.-They have more experience
9. because they have been playing a
The Gamecocks were led by full- lot longer. They both have a great
back Butch Setser. Setser hit a 40- feel for the game," senior Lynn
yard penalty kick in the last min- Moore said,
utes of the game to tie the score. 9- The game was mostly pack
9. action.
"The game was a total kicking "The Clemson pack was a lot
game, no tries were scored," senior bl?eer than ours, but ours had more
Wyatt Shepherd said. heart, Shepherd said.
James Worsnips, an exchange South Carolina was competing
student from Leeds University in 'oss ?* Steve Manning,
England, and Mat! Cbelfam, a wbo broke ^located his ankle
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Brandon Bennett blasted in for
the touchdown from a yard out.
Simpson added the PAT, cutting
the score to 41-7.
Alabama added a meaningless
touchdown to close out the scoring
and make the final tally 48-7.
The brightest light of an otherwise
dark day for Sparky Woods'
team was the play of the freshman
signal caller Tanneyhill.
Tanneyhill completed 10 out of
17 tosses for 135 yards on the
afternoon without throwing an
interception. Williamson could
manage only one completion in
seven tries for a 13 yards.
A positive-sounding Tanneyhill
said, "I think I definitely picked
the right school. I think things
will be different in a couple of
years when we have more experience.
Our offense did better as
the game progressed, and maybe
we can take that into the next
game."
Woods also sounded upbeat
afterwards. "I was pleased to see
that our team came back a little
in the second half. I saw some
bright spots."
Unfortunately for the
Gamecocks, they could gain only
43 yards on 37 carries versus the
dominating Crimson Tide
defense.
USC dropped to 0-5 with the
loss and have an open date this
week before playing host to
Mississippi State on Oct. 17.
I The Gamecocks scored 9
points in Saturday's
game against Clemson.
The Tigers prevailed
with a three point lead.
necock
overtime
"Steve is one of our best runners.
Hie oKepnep rooll\r hurt no n
iuo u u o v ii uv i can r nun uo,
Shepherd said.
"This game was the best game
that I have ever been involved in.
Both teams were evenly matched,"
Moore said.
"We are really looking forward
to playing them again in the State
Tournament (Oct. 24-25). I think
that they realize that we have a
much better team than we have had
in the past, and we are the best
team in the state," Shepherd said.
The USC Rugby team has an off
week and will meet St. Andrews on
Oct. 13, at 7 p.m.
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